Free agency: Resign Wes Welker, Connolly and Branch. Sign Cliff Avril, and acquire Mike Wallace and Dashon Goldson. Edit: This is assuming that Walters and Light return and Mark Anderson is re-signed. BJGE walks to open it up for Ridley and Vereen.

Drafting Wright and picking up B. Edwards on the cheap saves us lots of $ not having to go after a pricey FA WR like Lloyd, Wallace, or Colston. This frees up the money needed to get Mario Williams. Add Jenkins at CB and the issues we had last year (pass rush, secondary, deep threat WR) are all taken care of.

Free agency: Resign Wes Welker, Connolly and Branch. Sign Cliff Avril, and acquire Mike Wallace and Dashon Goldson. Edit: This is assuming that Walters and Light return and Mark Anderson is re-signed. BJGE walks to open it up for Ridley and Vereen.

If you are collecting 4-3 Players(Avril, Andersion) why would you draft another LB when u have Mayo, Spikes, Ninkovich, Cunningham. And if you are picking 4-3 DL, why would you get a 3-4 Elephant in Mario Williams.

If you are collecting 4-3 Players(Avril, Andersion) why would you draft another LB when u have Mayo, Spikes, Ninkovich, Cunningham. And if you are picking 4-3 DL, why would you get a 3-4 Elephant in Mario Williams.

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He does give up the 31st pick for wallace. In his Second edit (which is his alternate plan) he uses the 31st pick and does not include wallace.

Welker get's franchised and after turning down the patriots final offer of 6 million a year 18 million with the bulk back loaded is franchised and traded for a mid range second round pick out of the conference.

Light sees the writing on the wall with Vollmer and Solder doesn't like the stability and feels he is underpaid for the value he see's premier lineman couping, traded to the rams of colts for a second.

Benjarvis Green Ellis bulks at the contract the Patriots offer of 2.5 million and he cashes in elsewhere the kind of workhorse back the Cleveland Browns need after letting Hillis walk.

Andre Carter resigned minimum contract with incentives
Mark Anderson retained at 2.5 million a year for 2 year contract

Patriots retain Deon Branch at a league minimum contract with incentives,
Patriots sign Brandon Lloyd at 2.9 million a season for 3 years who is happy to be back with Josh Mcdaniels.

Patriots trade the number 31 pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers for the rights to Mike Wallace

Patriots sign a stable solid defensive back in Richard Marshall 2.2 million a year 3 year contract,

Patriots draft Harrison Smith at 27 some think it's a few spots to high but a great tackler with instincts ball skills and a knack to be in the right place at the right time gives us the free safety we haven't had since Geno Wilson was at the top of his game.

Patriots then draft
Whitney Mercelus
Brian Quick
Chandler Jones
That's a good start for now haven't fully decided the middle to bottom rounds of the draft yet.

Welker get's franchised and after turning down the patriots final offer of 6 million a year 18 million with the bulk back loaded is franchised and traded for a mid range second round pick out of the conference.

Light sees the writing on the wall with Vollmer and Solder doesn't like the stability and feels he is underpaid for the value he see's premier lineman couping, traded to the rams of colts for a second.

Benjarvis Green Ellis bulks at the contract the Patriots offer of 2.5 million and he cashes in elsewhere the kind of workhorse back the Cleveland Browns need after letting Hillis walk.

Andre Carter resigned minimum contract with incentives
Mark Anderson retained at 2.5 million a year for 2 year contract

Patriots retain Deon Branch at a league minimum contract with incentives,
Patriots sign Brandon Lloyd at 2.9 million a season for 3 years who is happy to be back with Josh Mcdaniels.

Patriots trade the number 31 pick to the Pittsburgh Steelers for the rights to Mike Wallace

Patriots sign a stable solid defensive back in Richard Marshall 2.2 million a year 3 year contract,

Patriots draft Harrison Smith at 27 some think it's a few spots to high but a great tackler with instincts ball skills and a knack to be in the right place at the right time gives us the free safety we haven't had since Geno Wilson was at the top of his game.

Patriots then draft
Whitney Mercelus
Brian Quick
Chandler Jones
That's a good start for now haven't fully decided the middle to bottom rounds of the draft yet.

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No way does Light fetch a 2nd rounder. He's gonna retire in a year.

Lloyd will cost more then $2.9 mil per year, it will probably be at least $4 or $5 mil per year to get him.

notting sexy but dose are realistic moves i could see the pats makeing

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I like the thought of the secondary additions, keeping all of our key players, and improving through the draft too. I like your positions chosen, and feel as though it would add good depth and competition.

I don't agree personally with C.Benson. I don't think he's that talented, and I don't think he offers a good attitude either.

I also wonder if Floyd will be around, and whether or not we'd choose a WR that high anyway.

The agent for free-agent defensive end Andre Carter said Carter plans to play again in 2012, has interest in returning to the Patriots, and is ahead of schedule in his rehab after left quad surgery.

"This is what Andre wanted when [we] sat down and talked -- he wanted to go to a team that was a contender [and] where he would play in a system where he had a chance to go to the Pro Bowl, so everything was perfect until the injury," agent Carl Poston said Friday at the NFL combine. "We would like to think they'd be interested in keeping him on a long-term basis, but it takes two to dance."

Poston said he's made initial contact with the Patriots to see what the team's plans are with Carter.

"I would have been surprised if they said they weren't interested. They said they were interested, but it's a little early [to talk about a contract]," he relayed.

â€śI think that everything turned out the way we wanted, except for the injury,â€ť he said. â€śHe wanted to go to a quality team and obviously, New England is that. He wanted to go to a contender. He wanted to go to a team where he could work well in the system and go to the Pro Bowl. All those things happened. Itâ€™s just that he got hurt. Thatâ€™s part of the game.

â€śI hate to put it in football terms, but itâ€™s like carrying the ball, and youâ€™re on the five-yard line, and the time runs out. He didnâ€™t get a chance to carry it over the goal line â€” in spirit, he did, But I would like to think that if he were healthy, it would have made a difference in the Super Bowl because it was such a close game. I just think that Andre would have made that kind of difference, because heâ€™s a difference maker.â€ť

Poston indicated that Carter could be even better than he was in 2012.

â€śHeâ€™s in good shape. Heâ€™s in good shape. Heâ€™s ahead in his rehab,â€ť he said. â€śItâ€™s not the kind of injury â€¦ itâ€™s not like a lower back or a knee where heâ€™s not going to be able to come back. Heâ€™s going to come back 100 percent. As a matter of fact, he might even be stronger.â€ť

Carriker, 3-4 DE - is about 27 years younger than Warren, adds more flexibility between 3-4 and 4-3

Jarrett Johnson, OLB - DE - more flexibility, replaces Carter (Carter is put on the shadow roster, he returns at the end of training camp making DE a position of strength)

Use the draft to build depth and add competition in secondary.

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I really like the Tolbert idea but who do you think will cost more him or BJGE? I will take the cheaper of the 2.

As JMT just pointed out looks like Carter wants back and looks like the Pats want him back no contract being discussed yet but based on the comments one would think it happens way before camp and likely before the draft too.

Hopefully Carter doesnt expect too much because I would really prefer to have him back and or Anderson before looking at upgrades otherwise you dont really imrove depth and its hard to picture someone playing that much better than Carter did last year.

2. Draft- this is my fantasy, but I'll try and be as realistic as I can and deal with just the first 5 picks and assuming we don't trade any of those into the future.

a. By position - DL, OLB/DE, CB, WR and S
b. my fantasy draft based on what little I know right now. Cox - for interior pass rush
Marcilus- as an eventual Carter replacement who can play DE and OL Minnefield- another big tall CB with press coverage skill - Some tall WR with deep speed. fill in the blank - Markel Carter - to develop as a S if Barrett gets hurt again.

Scenario B - If Welker walks

1. FA - the same as above only you delete Welker, and upgrade the WR position and add Vincent Jackson so the 6MM/yr goes up to 9MM/yr
2. Draft - The draft remains the same, but instead of big WR, you go for the quicker guy regardless of size, like Adams and you might even be willing to move up in the 3rd round to get him.